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Corker on the cards
AFTER an absence of more than a
decade, pro boxing returns to Cork
in the New Year at the City Hall.
Local favourite Billy Walsh will top
on February 17 and be joined on the
card by his brother Pa, who debuts.
Promoter is Gary Hyde.
Billy Walsh, one of three boxing
brothers, is based in Boston and has
won two out of two as a pro. He was a
top amateur who quit in disgust after
losing to Francis Barrett in what was
effectively a box-off for the 1996
Atlanta Olympics.
Walsh re-emerged this year with
those two wins (one on the Bernard
Dunne-Esham Pickering bill). He
says he has the hunger back at 32.
He is trained in Boston by Pascal
Collins, the ex-pro and brother of
former world champion Steve Collins.
That's appropriate seeing as the last
show in Cork featured Collins and
Chris Eubank in their rematch (1995).

ANOTHER star from another sport
is taking up boxing.
MONTY BETHAM, a 28-year-old
Kiwi who captains Wakefield rugby
league side in Britain, has quit
the game to follow in his dad's
footsteps.
Monty Betham Snr was
a 50-fight pro who won the
Commonwealth middleweight
title in the 1970s and fought
Alan Minter and Ayub Kalule.
Anthony Mundine and Solomon
Haumono have both switched from
league to boxing Down Under to
emulate their fathers.
Betham Snr and Tony Mundine
actually fought, Mundine winning
by KO in 1980.
Meanwhile, CURTIS WOODHOUSE
is back playing football for Rushden
& Diamonds in the Conference after
having his licence suspended
following a brush with the law.

Sikh boxes
DENNIS HOBSON SNR and Ned
Rawlins stage a rare show in
Slough on December 15.
Atlantic City-based cruiserweight
GURCHARAN SINGH tops and is a
Sikh with a 17-0 110) record. He
is being billed as a heavyweight
and the promoters are hoping to
attract a large Sikh crowd.

IT turned sour at the historic ABA finals
at York Hall when amateur boxing's
most exciting fighter, Nathan Brough.
was thrown out of his light-welterweight
final against Bradley Saunders.
Referee Jack Goodwin, having
given Brough two bizarre warnings
for holding, showed him the red card
in the last for a blatant shoulder barge.
That offence, borne out of frustration,
definitely merited a warning and also a
severe lecture. But because it came after
the two needless warnings, it meant
three strikes and out.
That's the rules.